Let’s not overlook the root of the problem here: Zoom designed their application so the person controlling the meeting decided if your video camera is on, NOT YOU. This was done on purpose by their product designers.
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Zoom’s abuse of users is embedded in the design decisions favoring the paying customer, not the person being viewed.pic.twitter.com/0Jtwp5doV8
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SwiftOnSecurity Retweeted funjon
UPDATE: Proof-of-concept by
@funjon appears to show that Apple Mail users who have Zoom installed can have their webcam force-joined to a non-consensual sharing session, just by viewing an email from an attacker. Not secondarily confirmed yet.https://twitter.com/funjon/status/1148464952480374784?s=21 …SwiftOnSecurity added,
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Just to clarify, this was originally
@maxhawkins idea in the Zoom chat, I wasn’t clear they had achieved it working as well, so this is confirmed.5 replies 14 retweets 134 likesShow this thread -
Replying to @octal @SwiftOnSecurity
Irrespective of Safari, it was a nasty, dangerous workaround (hack)
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The Zoom statement about Safari not supporting URI handlers is incorrect. There is no need for the localhost launcher.pic.twitter.com/xSqMWAFk2K
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